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The merger news today is impacting the sentiment in a positive way, as it often does, because it shows businesses are feeling more confident.

The merger itself is a positive factor but pretty much priced in already, and some are now questioning what exactly the banks aim to do through the merger, besides becoming bigger in size.

The merger creates a Goliath. What they have done is created the best of the best.

The merger between MTFG and UFJ Holdings will become a major turning point.

The merger and acquisition cycle isn't over yet and I don't think we're at the peak yet because people aren't gearing up to do silly things. We still have a year or two years of sensible consolidation to go.

Their earnings are coming out today. They're in the midst of merger activity, they have grown their franchise from $6 billion to $75 billion with acquisitions here in St. Louis. The ... numbers will tell us more in the next say 12 months as they fully integrate (different) franchises.

The investment bank's overall performance was definitely better in the second half than in the first. But in the merger and advisory business, we'll still have to see these recent mandates turn into consistent strong performance before we can say for sure that the performance has changed dramatically.

In certain countries, the merger and acquisition model is more attractive because of the existing franchise and our ability to buy into them.

In a literal sense, even a private company, of course, cannot do everything that it wants without some discussion with government. As a good corporate citizen, Severstal discussed the idea of a merger with Arcelor with the Russian government.

I'm not at all frightened, ... We are big enough now -- we now have the scale from this merger to compete.

I have never seen an airline merger go smoothly.

In the face of the Federated/May merger and the 1,000-store chain it creates, Nordstrom has gone increasingly the other way -- more towards the personal shopping and the customization of the experience. It is very astute -- they have recognized that bigger isn't better, and are instead giving customers control over how they access the merchandise.

In our opinion this news is not new and should not slow down the merger with Guidant.

In the period until the merger is consummated and maybe the quarter afterwards, there tends to be a lull in capital spending, followed by a burst after they do their integration planning, to more than make up for it.

In the merger process that produces these galaxies, a lot of the stars get flung out to fairly large distances, and they end up in highly elongated orbits that take them far away and then back in close to the center.

In theory, a merger between two big vendors means retailers would be dealing eventually with one accounting unit and one distribution unit rather than a different set of units for both companies.

In the broad sense, our concern was that the merger of these two powerful companies would deny to competitors access to this amazing new broadband technology.

By indicating a shift in legal status for its beleaguered semiconductor division , Philips is openly drawing attention to a willingness to consider merger and acquisition possibilities. Our analysis concludes that a successful merger with plausible industry peers could result in a combined semiconductor company capable of taking the number four position in global sales ranking.

I am personally familiar with the courtroom skills that the new lawyers have brought to our firm. These highly- experienced litigators will enable us to provide our brand of responsive, high-quality representation to an even broader base of clients, including both technology companies and other clients that require seasoned trial attorneys to handle any type of high-stakes litigation. This merger cements our status as one of the top tier litigation firms in the state of Texas.

I don't think the merger is going to impact the level of competition for residential customers very much. What you have here is, you're substituting the AT&T name for BellSouth.

He's not driven by a desire for enrichment, and clearly the merger would not change his lifestyle in any measurable way.

I can confirm the Commission is due to consider sending a letter to Poland warning Poland the Commission considers that they may be in breach of Article 21 of the merger regulations, which gives the Commission exclusive competence over mergers of a European dimension.

I believe I can be the person who can bring together conservatives across this country in a spirit of cooperation so that we can once again form government. This is not an agreement for merger with other political parties. Merger is a mathematical equation which does not guarantee victory.

If concluded, we believe the merger would add significant value to shareholders.

Governments do not have right to take measures relating to competition, if it is a merger that falls under our (jurisdiction).

The main thing that we're looking at is that these are the three dominant players within the U.S. baby food market, and the proposed merger would effectively reduce that number from three to two. There's an increased chance for collusion is really what it comes down to.

The UFJ merger was our first step into the new era after bad loans.

These pleasing results, achieved in the context of a weak worldwide music market and in spite of the potential distraction of our merger discussions, demonstrate the fundamental strength and quality of EMI's businesses.

This is a logical fit, naturally uniting our U.S. properties and strong management teams, and enhancing the benefits of Bell Atlantic's merger with GTE,

The entire transaction is a landmark merger exercise and value-enhancing for all shareholders, customers and employees.

The charge for credit cards should help upcoming quarters for loan losses. Also, the company should benefit more than most from ongoing restructuring, including $800 million of remaining merger savings.

The German government approves of such a merger and will approve the budget necessary to achieve it,

The effects of the present merger wave are yet to be determined, ... But, unless a relationship between bigness and market concentration can be more firmly rooted in anti-competitive behavior, bigness, per se, does not appear to be an issue for national economic policy.

The foundation believes the merger is not in their best interest and they have a big economic and equity interest.

The combined company will be stronger from a distribution and product standpoint. Nevertheless, we do not expect the merger of the two companies to alleviate the pressures from low fixed product sales and the challenging interest-rate environment.

The Commission may not have the power under the EC merger regulations to remedy any competition detriments that are found in the retail motor fuels market in the northwest of Scotland. I am therefore requesting the Commission to refer these aspects of the case to the U.K.,

The commentary provides a new level of transparency in our merger enforcement decisions. The business community can see how the agencies have applied the Horizontal Merger Guidelines to a wide range of specific factual circumstances.

The conditions will relate to asset sales in line with what the energy regulator has already proposed. The government wants the merger to go ahead to create a large energy group which controls both gas and power.

The compressed merger of high school innocence with life's uncertainties during that turbulent weekend has forever linked our small play cast with an historical moment in time.

The competitive environment underscores the necessity of US Airways becoming part of a larger network and thus we remain fully focused on our merger with United Airlines.

An announcement of a merger or acquisition can definitely lend short-term support.

The main challenge here is that critics will say they haven't demonstrated the revenue growth they've promised in the past. But we like the transaction. We're comfortable with the premium and the management after the merger will be a very strong one.

We had felt that a merger with another consulting firm might create a stronger entity, ... That turned out to be probably too big a bite for the other consulting firm.